Kalambo Falls — Attraction in Northern Province

This place was beautiful. The drop produced a wonderful noise. The road to the falls was quite rough but worth it. Also note that the visit was during the rainy season and the road is gravel, so parts of it had been washed away by the rain. The last 2km were impossible for our Runx so we parked and walked. The walk to the falls was okay but the walk back! Omg....I felt the incline. But if you have done kundalila from the bottom up, you can handle this. Google maps will mislead you with regards to the location so use maps me or organic maps. Directions: From lake chila lodge in mbala turn right at the T junction (left takes you to town). You will drive for about 2 or 3km you will see a poster to the great kalambo falls lodge at the poster turn left and keep driving for about 30km. There are posters as you go.

There are 2 other falls in the kalambo falls area, 200m and 50m away from kalambo but the guide said we could only access them in the dry season. So for the sake of roads and extended adventure visit the falls in the dry season, the down side is the water levels will have dropped and so the waterfall itself may not be so magnificent.

Within the falls, there is a lodge called great kalambo falls lodge, we did not stay there but the owner of that lodge is the same owner of the lodge we stayed at so I will assume the service is the same or better considering it is slightly more expensive than the one we stayed at. Great experience,...

I drove 120 kms from Sumbawanga, where you can see the first sign for the waterfalls, no mention of an entrance fee ... passed two more signs and no mention of an entrance fee, had two accidents on the terrible road off the highway to the falls. Finally, at the entrance a man (no uniform or ID badge) demanded that I pay $20 American dollars to enter because I am a foreigner. Absolute racial discrimination, told him to stick the 20 where the sun don't shine and got out off there. Tanzania is full of scammers trying to rip off tourists, it does not surprise me nobody is visiting this place ... I have only been in the country 7 days after one month in Malawi. Everyday I have been stopped by the police and asked to show my passport ... more discrimination ... not a great country to travel in my opinion, go enjoy Malawi, warm, friendly genuine people....

Beautiful We visited this place near zambia border. The river is the border. Kalambo is around 3 hrs drive from sumbawanga. Tarmac road all the way except last 30km or so. Good road but need 4 wheel drive.

At the gate you have to pay shs 3,000 (around 1. 5 usd) per person. You have to register your name and contact. There is a government guard who will take you first to the source (where it starts to fall 250m). There are only 100 steps to go down. In front of you across the river around 20m u will see zambia. Then u need to climb back ans driv fir another 10 min to start climbing down around 650 steps be4 you see the whole waterful drop. If you are fit you have further 300 steps (total around 950 steps) to reach the bottom. Perfect view, you will feel the mist. You need at least 1.5 hrs at the fall. Highly...